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1And, Agita, as a test whether that young man or young lady of good family who hears this exposition 1 It is difficult to say what difference there is between becoming Buddha or becoming Brahma, except in sound. * Or strong application, the word used in the text being adh yosAya (Sansk. adhyavas4ya). ® Sandhabhashya. ‘ The tenor of this stanza, and even the words, remind one of the Sandilyavidya in XAandogya-upanishad III, 14, 4. XVI. OF PIETY. 321 of the duration of the Tath4gata’s life most decidedly believes in it may be deemed the following. They will behold me teaching the law! here on the Gridhrak(/a*, surrounded by a host of Bodhisattvas, attended by a host of Bodhisattvas, in the centre of the congregation of disciples. They will behold here my Buddha-field in the Saha-world, consisting of lapis lazuli and forming a level plain; forming a chequered board of eight compartments with gold threads ; set off with jewel trees. They will behold the towers that the Bodhisattvas use as their abodes®. By this test, Agita, one may know if a young man or young lady of good family has a most decided belief. Moreover, Agita, I declare that a young man of good family who, after the complete extinction of the Tathagata, shall not reject, but joyfully accept this Dharmaparyd4ya when hearing it, that such a young man of good family also is earnest in his belief; far more one who keeps it in memory or reads it. He who after collecting this Dharmaparydya into a volume carries it on his shoulder‘ carries the Tathagata on his shoulder. Such a young man or young lady of good family, Agita, need make no Stipas for me, nor monasteries; need not give to the congregation of monks medicaments for the 1 And, pronouncing judgment. * We have seen above that this is the true abode of the Dharmaraga. * Kf/4garaparibhogeshu Bodhisatvavasam v4 drakshyanti, properly, they will behold the dwelling of the Bodhisattvas in the towers Which those Bodhisattvas have received for their use. About the technical meaning of kfi/4g4ra in Nepal, see B. H. Hodgson, Essays, p. 49. ‘ Ie. holds it in high esteem and treats it with care. (a1) Y ™ 322 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XVI.
2About the technical meaning of kfi/4g4ra in Nepal, see B. H. Hodgson, Essays, p. 49. ‘ Ie. holds it in high esteem and treats it with care. (a1) Y ™ 322 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XVI. sick or (other) requisites'. For, Agita, such a young man or young lady of good family has (spiritually) built for the worship of my relics StQpas of seven precious substances reaching up to the Brahma-world in height, and with a circumference in proportion, with the umbrellas thereto belonging, with triumphal streamers, with tinkling bells and baskets; has shown manifold marks of respect to those Stdpas of relics with diverse celestial and earthly flowers, incense, perfumed garlands, ointments, powder, cloth, umbrellas, banners, flags, triumphal streamers, by various sweet, pleasant, clear-sounding tymbals and drums, by the tune, noise, sounds of musical instruments and castanets, by songs, nautch and dancing of different kinds, of many, innumerable kinds; has done those acts of worship during many, innumerable thousands of ko¢is of AZons. One who keeps in memory this Dharmaparyd4ya after my complete extinction, who reads, writes, promulgates it, Agita, shall also have built monasteries, large, spacious, extensive, made of red sandal-wood, with thirty-two pinnacles, eight stories, fit for a thousand monks, adorned with gardens and flowers, having walks furnished with lodgings, completely provided with meat, food and drink and medicaments for the sick, well equipped with all comforts. And those numerous, innumerable beings, say a hundred or a thousand or ten thousand or a kofi or hundred kofis or thousand ko/is or hundred thousand kofis or ten thousand times hundred thousand ko(éis, they ' This agrees with the teaching of the Vedanta that Brahmaknowledge is independent of good works; see e.g. Brahma-s(tra II, 4, 25. XVI. OF PIETY. 323
3Brahma-s(tra II, 4, 25. XVI. OF PIETY. 323 must be considered to form the congregation of disciples seeing me from face to face, and must be considered as those whom I have fully blessed’. He who, after my complete extinction, shall keep this Dharmapary4ya, read, promulgate, or write it, he, I repeat, Agita, need not build Stfpas of relics, nor worship the congregation ; not necessary to tell, Agita, that the young man or young lady of good family who, keeping this Dharmapary4ya, shall crown it by charity in alms, morality, forbearance, energy, meditation, or wisdom, will produce a much greater accumulation of merit; it is, in fact, immense, incalculable, infinite?, Just as the element of ether, Agita, is boundless, to the east, south, west, north, beneath, above, and in the intermediate quarters, so immense and incalculable an accumulation of merit, conducive to Buddha-knowledge, will be produced by a young man or young lady of good family who shall keep, read, write, or cause to be written, this Dharmaparyd4ya. He will be zealous in worshipping the Tathagata shrines; he will laud the disciples of the Tathagata, praise the hundred thousands of myriads of kofis of virtues of the Bodhisattvas Mahasattvas, and expound them to others; he will be accomplished in forbearance, be moral, of good character, agreeable to live with, and tolerant, modest, not jealous of others, not wrathful, not vicious in mind, of good memory, strenuous and always busy, devoted to meditation in striving after the state of a Buddha, attaching great value to 1 Paribhukta. - * The Vedantin does not deny the relative value of good works ; see e.g. Brahma-s@ira III, 4, 26-27. ® Kalyadzadharman, Y 2 324 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XVI. abstract meditation, frequently engaging in abstract meditation, able in solving questions and in avoiding hundred thousands of myriads of kofis of questions. Any Bodhisattva Mahdsattva, Agita, who, after the Tath4gata’s complete extinction, shall keep this Dharmapary4ya, will have the good qualities I have described. Such a young man or young lady of good family, Agita, must be considered to make for the terrace of enlightenment ; that young man or young lady of good family steps towards the foot of the tree of enlightenment in order to reach enlightenment. And where that young man or young lady of good family, Agita, stands, sits, or walks, there one should make a shrine!, dedicated to the Tathagata, and the world, including the gods, should say: This is a StOpa of relics of the Tathagata. And on that occasion the Lord uttered the following stanzas: 37- An immense mass of merit, as I have repeatedly mentioned, shall be his who, after the complete extinction of the Leader of men, shall keep this Satra. 38. He will have paid worship to me, and built Stipas of relics, made of precious substances, variegated, beautiful, and splendid ;
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1And, Agita, as a test whether that young man or young lady of good family who hears this exposition 1 It is difficult to say what difference there is between becoming Buddha or becoming Brahma, except in sound. * Or strong application, the word used in the text being adh yosAya (Sansk. adhyavas4ya). ® Sandhabhashya. ‘ The tenor of this stanza, and even the words, remind one of the Sandilyavidya in XAandogya-upanishad III, 14, 4. XVI. OF PIETY. 321 of the duration of the Tath4gata’s life most decidedly believes in it may be deemed the following. They will behold me teaching the law! here on the Gridhrak(/a*, surrounded by a host of Bodhisattvas, attended by a host of Bodhisattvas, in the centre of the congregation of disciples. They will behold here my Buddha-field in the Saha-world, consisting of lapis lazuli and forming a level plain; forming a chequered board of eight compartments with gold threads ; set off with jewel trees. They will behold the towers that the Bodhisattvas use as their abodes®. By this test, Agita, one may know if a young man or young lady of good family has a most decided belief. Moreover, Agita, I declare that a young man of good family who, after the complete extinction of the Tathagata, shall not reject, but joyfully accept this Dharmaparyd4ya when hearing it, that such a young man of good family also is earnest in his belief; far more one who keeps it in memory or reads it. He who after collecting this Dharmaparydya into a volume carries it on his shoulder‘ carries the Tathagata on his shoulder. Such a young man or young lady of good family, Agita, need make no Stipas for me, nor monasteries; need not give to the congregation of monks medicaments for the 1 And, pronouncing judgment. * We have seen above that this is the true abode of the Dharmaraga. * Kf/4garaparibhogeshu Bodhisatvavasam v4 drakshyanti, properly, they will behold the dwelling of the Bodhisattvas in the towers Which those Bodhisattvas have received for their use. About the technical meaning of kfi/4g4ra in Nepal, see B. H. Hodgson, Essays, p. 49. ‘ Ie. holds it in high esteem and treats it with care. (a1) Y ™ 322 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XVI.
2About the technical meaning of kfi/4g4ra in Nepal, see B. H. Hodgson, Essays, p. 49. ‘ Ie. holds it in high esteem and treats it with care. (a1) Y ™ 322 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XVI. sick or (other) requisites'. For, Agita, such a young man or young lady of good family has (spiritually) built for the worship of my relics StQpas of seven precious substances reaching up to the Brahma-world in height, and with a circumference in proportion, with the umbrellas thereto belonging, with triumphal streamers, with tinkling bells and baskets; has shown manifold marks of respect to those Stdpas of relics with diverse celestial and earthly flowers, incense, perfumed garlands, ointments, powder, cloth, umbrellas, banners, flags, triumphal streamers, by various sweet, pleasant, clear-sounding tymbals and drums, by the tune, noise, sounds of musical instruments and castanets, by songs, nautch and dancing of different kinds, of many, innumerable kinds; has done those acts of worship during many, innumerable thousands of ko¢is of AZons. One who keeps in memory this Dharmaparyd4ya after my complete extinction, who reads, writes, promulgates it, Agita, shall also have built monasteries, large, spacious, extensive, made of red sandal-wood, with thirty-two pinnacles, eight stories, fit for a thousand monks, adorned with gardens and flowers, having walks furnished with lodgings, completely provided with meat, food and drink and medicaments for the sick, well equipped with all comforts. And those numerous, innumerable beings, say a hundred or a thousand or ten thousand or a kofi or hundred kofis or thousand ko/is or hundred thousand kofis or ten thousand times hundred thousand ko(éis, they ' This agrees with the teaching of the Vedanta that Brahmaknowledge is independent of good works; see e.g. Brahma-s(tra II, 4, 25. XVI. OF PIETY. 323
3Brahma-s(tra II, 4, 25. XVI. OF PIETY. 323 must be considered to form the congregation of disciples seeing me from face to face, and must be considered as those whom I have fully blessed’. He who, after my complete extinction, shall keep this Dharmapary4ya, read, promulgate, or write it, he, I repeat, Agita, need not build Stfpas of relics, nor worship the congregation ; not necessary to tell, Agita, that the young man or young lady of good family who, keeping this Dharmapary4ya, shall crown it by charity in alms, morality, forbearance, energy, meditation, or wisdom, will produce a much greater accumulation of merit; it is, in fact, immense, incalculable, infinite?, Just as the element of ether, Agita, is boundless, to the east, south, west, north, beneath, above, and in the intermediate quarters, so immense and incalculable an accumulation of merit, conducive to Buddha-knowledge, will be produced by a young man or young lady of good family who shall keep, read, write, or cause to be written, this Dharmaparyd4ya. He will be zealous in worshipping the Tathagata shrines; he will laud the disciples of the Tathagata, praise the hundred thousands of myriads of kofis of virtues of the Bodhisattvas Mahasattvas, and expound them to others; he will be accomplished in forbearance, be moral, of good character, agreeable to live with, and tolerant, modest, not jealous of others, not wrathful, not vicious in mind, of good memory, strenuous and always busy, devoted to meditation in striving after the state of a Buddha, attaching great value to 1 Paribhukta. - * The Vedantin does not deny the relative value of good works ; see e.g. Brahma-s@ira III, 4, 26-27. ® Kalyadzadharman, Y 2 324 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XVI. abstract meditation, frequently engaging in abstract meditation, able in solving questions and in avoiding hundred thousands of myriads of kofis of questions. Any Bodhisattva Mahdsattva, Agita, who, after the Tath4gata’s complete extinction, shall keep this Dharmapary4ya, will have the good qualities I have described. Such a young man or young lady of good family, Agita, must be considered to make for the terrace of enlightenment ; that young man or young lady of good family steps towards the foot of the tree of enlightenment in order to reach enlightenment. And where that young man or young lady of good family, Agita, stands, sits, or walks, there one should make a shrine!, dedicated to the Tathagata, and the world, including the gods, should say: This is a StOpa of relics of the Tathagata. And on that occasion the Lord uttered the following stanzas: 37- An immense mass of merit, as I have repeatedly mentioned, shall be his who, after the complete extinction of the Leader of men, shall keep this Satra. 38. He will have paid worship to me, and built Stipas of relics, made of precious substances, variegated, beautiful, and splendid ;
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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